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Native Youth Nationwide to Benefit from Programs Focused on Strengthening Identity and Intergenerational Connections

First Nations Development Institute awards nearly $2 million to Native nonprofits and Tribes leading innovative, youth-focused programs LONGMONT, Colo. (February 6, 2025) – First Nations Development I...

February 06, 2025

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New Study Funded by First Nations Development Institute Counters Misleading Data and Narrative about Native American Voting Reported Immediately after the Election

Findings confirm the Native American vote continues to be consequential LONGMONT, Colo. (November 27, 2024) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) announced today that data surrounding...

November 27, 2024

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Working with Purpose: Stewarding My Native Lands

Working with Purpose: Stewarding My Native Lands Two years ago I started working at First Nations as a Program Associate and now serve as a Program Officer. I am also a member of the Eastern Band of ...

November 21, 2024

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First Nations Celebrates New Building in Albuquerque

New Albuquerque Office Increases Capacity for Greater Investment in Native Communities and Economies Marvis Aragon, Executive Director of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico, welcome...

September 29, 2024

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First Nations Names JoAnn Melchor as Vice President of Development

Newly created position in new Albuquerque office to build capacity for fund development and greater investment in Native communities and economies JoAnn Melchor (Santo Domingo Pueblo) LONGMONT, Colo. ...

July 22, 2024

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First Nations Selects 11 New Indigenous Leaders in 5th Year of Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

2024 Cohort to Perpetuate Native Knowledge and Continue Strengthening Native Communities LONGMONT, Colo. (February 16, 2024) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the 1...

February 16, 2024

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First Nations Showcases Tribal Ecological Stewardship Strategies

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska to be featured at Wild & Scenic Film Festival LONGMONT, Colorado (February 16, 2024) – Through a series of mini-documentaries produced by Spruce Tone Films, First Nati...

February 16, 2024

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Living a Civil Rights Legacy

Guest Blogger Lauren Elizabeth Roberts Reflects on her Revolutionary Great-Great-Great Aunt, Elizabeth Peratrovich Lauren Elizabeth Roberts is a second-year student at the University of Denver studyin...

February 07, 2024

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First Nations Remembers Former Board Member N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday, 1934-2024 This week, the staff and board of First Nations were saddened to learn of the passing of N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), a novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and poet who se...

January 31, 2024

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First Nations Invests in Next Generation of Native Food and Agriculture Leaders

LONGMONT, Colorado (December 7, 2023) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced the awarding of 40 Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarships. The scholarships, whi...

December 07, 2023